Learn more about the Couple Checkup
 
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What is the Couple Checkup?    Top of Page

        The Couple Checkup is designed to help you and your partner build a more satisfying and intimate relationship. Just answering the questions will stimulate thoughts and attitudes about your relationship. It is designed to activate dialogue, discovery, and increase the overall quality of your relationship.


Why take the Couple Checkup?    Top of Page

        The Couple Checkup will help you discover your strengths as a couple. Strengths are what enable you to enjoy, and to continue developing a healthy relationship. It will also help you identify issues that are threatening the vitality of your relationship and may need to be addressed.


Who can take the Couple Checkup?    Top of Page

        Whether you are dating, engaged or married, the Couple Checkup is valuable and relevant. After indicating the stage of your relationship, the Couple Checkup will automatically select applicable questions for you and your partner. It is designed for any couple desiring to enrich their relationship.


Will the Checkup be relevant for us as a couple?    Top of Page

        A powerful and unique aspect of the Checkup is that the questions are tailored to you as couple. Based on background questions you answer, your Checkup will be customized to include questions specific to your couple type.


How long does it take to receive our Checkup Report?    Top of Page

        Within 30 seconds after you have both completed the Checkup online, you may view and print your Checkup Report.


What feedback do we receive?    Top of Page

        You will receive a 15-20 page Computer Report, with your results broken down into relational categories. A Discussion Guide is also available to help you interpret the results.


What topics are covered in the Checkup?    Top of Page

        Twenty important relationship areas are explored. There are also questions about your personality and family-of-origin.


Who developed the Couple Checkup?    Top of Page

  The Couple Checkup was developed by Dr. David Olson and Dr. Peter Larson at PREPARE/ENRICH in Minnesota.
 

Is the Couple Checkup scientifically accurate?    Top of Page

        The Couple Checkup is very accurate and is based on the highly respected PREPARE/ENRICH couple questionnaire. The Checkup has high levels of scientific rigor, which means the scores are reliable and accurate.


What if we have relationship problems?    Top of Page

        If you have issues that you are not able to resolve, it is important for you and your partner to get professional help before the problems escalate or cause resentment which will destroy the intimacy of your partnership.

        Persons trained in the PREPARE/ENRICH Program have been trained to give you feedback and help you resolve issues in your relationship. To find a counselor trained in PREPARE/ENRICH in your area, click on Find a Counselor.